I automated my entire side project with Claude for $2/month — here's the uncomfortable truth

Three months ago I handed the keys of my side project to an AI and walked away. Here's what the dashboard looks like right now: Users: 13 Paid: 3 MRR: $4 AI cost: $2/month Profit: $2/month I am, technically, profitable. What I actually built SimplyLouie.com is a tool I made for myself first. I kept it running because three strangers on the internet decided it was worth paying for, and that felt more validating than any job performance review I've ever received. The problem: I have a full-time job. I have a kid. I have maybe 4 hours a week where my brain works properly. So I automated everything I could with Claude via the API. The actual brain logs (this is embarrassing) Here's a real prompt I wrote at 11pm on a Tuesday: You are the support agent, changelog writer, and social media manager for a small SaaS. Here is this week's user feedback: [paste] Do three things: 1. Draft replies to each piece of feedback 2. Write a 2-sentence changelog entry 3. Write one honest tweet about building